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Statement by Group of Experts on Yemen on HRC rejection of resolution to renew their mandate
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8 October 2021

UN Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen presents its fourth report to the Human Rights Council: A nation abandoned: A call to humanity to end Yemen’s suffering
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14 September 2021

Oral Update of the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen to the 46th session of the Human Rights Council

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25 February 2021

UN Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen Briefs the UN Security Council Urging an end to impunity, an expansion of sanctions, and the referral by the UN Security Council of the situation in Yemen to the International Criminal Court
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3 December 2020

“A Pandemic of Impunity in a Tortured Land” – urging an end to impunity, in a conflict with no clean hands, and the referral by the UN Security Council of the situation in Yemen to the International Criminal Court
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29 September 2020

UN Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen releases their third report “Yemen: A Pandemic of Impunity in a Tortured Land”
9 September 2020

UN experts* call for further and swifter measures to combat the spread of COVID-19, particularly in detention facilities in Yemen
25 June 2020

Human rights experts call for immediate release of political prisoners and detainees in yemen given risk of spread of covid-19
30 March 2020

Human Rights Council, closes forty-second regular session, adopts 38 texts, establishes a fact-finding mission on Venezuela and an expert mechanism on the right to development
27 September 2019

Mandate

The Group of Expert's mandate was renewed for an additional period of one year on 6 October 2020 through HRC resolution 45/15

On 29 September 2017, the Human Rights Council requested the High Commissioner (through Resolution A/HRC/RES/36/31) to "establish a Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen.The Experts’ mandate was renewed on 28 September 2018 through Resolution A/HRC/RES/39/16.

The following is the mandate to the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen:

Monitor and report on the situation on Human Rights in Yemen
Carry out a comprehensive examination of all alleged violations and abuses of international human rights and other appropriate and applicable fields of international law committed by all parties to the conflict since September 2014, including possible gender dimensions of such violations,
Establish the facts and circumstances surrounding the alleged violations and abuses
Identify those responsible for the violations, where possible.
Make general recommendations on improving the respect for and protection and fulfilment of human rights
Provide guidance on access to justice, accountability, reconciliation and healing, as appropriate
Engage with Yemeni authorities and all stakeholders, in particular relevant United Nations agencies, the field presence of the Office of the High Commissioner in Yemen, authorities of the Gulf States, and the League of Arab States with a view to exchanging information and providing support for national, regional and international efforts to promote accountability for human rights violations and abuses in Yemen
Submit a written report to the High Commissioner by the time of the forty-second session, to be followed by an interactive dialogue.

Call for Submissions

The Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen invites interested individuals, groups and organisations to submit information and/or documentation relevant to its mandate as outlined above, in particular on allegations of human rights violations and abuses and international humanitarian law violations committed in Yemen since September 2014.

The Group of Eminent Experts accepts submissions in the English and Arabic languages at: GEE_Yemen@ohchr.org.

The final deadline for information is 1 June 2021.

Submissions should include the name(s) and contact details of the author(s).

Submitting entities/individuals should specify if their submissions, or parts of them, should be treated confidentially, and if so, which.

Please note that individual acknowledgements of receipt of information will not be sent to the author(s) unless specifically requested.

Members

The Commission is composed of:

Mr. Kamel Jendoubi (Tunisia), (Chairperson)
Ms. Melissa Parke (Australia)
Mr. Ardi Imseis (Canada)
Privileges, immunities and facilities:
The GEE shall enjoy the privileges and immunities accorded to experts on mission under Article IV of the 1948 Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the UN, and the OHCHR staff of the GEE shall enjoy the privileges and immunities of officials under Article V and VII of the Convention in the implementation of this mandate.

Former Members

Mr. Charles Garraway (United Kingdom)

Documentation

Human Rights Council Resolutions

26 September 2019: Human Rights Council Resolution A/HRC/RES/42/2 on the Human Rights Situation in Yemen

28 September 2018: Human Rights Council Resolution A/HRC/RES/39/16 on Human Rights in Yemen

29 September 2017: Human Rights Council Resolution A/HRC/RES/36/31 on human rights, technical assistance and capacity-building in Yemen

Reports

14 September 2021: Conference Room Paper: Accountability update A/HRC/48/CRP.4
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13 September 2021: Report of the Group of Eminent Experts on findings concerning violations and abuses committed in Yemen from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021: Advanced Edited Version
English
Executive Summary: العربية | English

29 September 2020: Conference Room Paper - Report of the detailed findings of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen A/HRC/45/CRP.7
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Infographics

9 September 2020: Report of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts
Arabic executive summary of the report

3 September 2019: Report of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts as submitted to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - Situation of human rights in Yemen, including violations and abuses since September 2014 - A/HRC/42/17

3 September 2019: Conference Room Paper - Report of the detailed findings of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen A/HRC/42/CRP.1
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28 August 2018: Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights containing the findings of the Group of Independent Eminent International and Regional Experts and a summary of technical assistance provided by the Office of the High Commissioner to the National Commission of Inquiry A/HRC/39/43

Lists of issues shared with the parties and responses received

June 2021, sent to:

Government of Yemen
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Coalition
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United Arab Emirates
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De facto authorities
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July 2021, responses from:

De facto authorities
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July 2021, sent to:

Government of Yemen
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Southern transition council
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Coalition
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United Arab Emirates
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De facto authorities
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August 2021, responses from:

De facto authorities
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2019, sent to:

Government of Yemen
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Coalition
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De facto authorities
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2019, responses from:

De facto authorities
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2018, sent to:

Government of Yemen
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Coalition
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Defacto authorities
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2018, responses from:

Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen (joint response)
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Comments received by the GEE on its third report

De facto authorities, 25 May 2021
Coalition, 7 October 2020 Note verbale | original | unofficial translation
United Arab Emirates, 6 April 2021

Comments received by the GEE on its fourth report

Coalition, 6 October 2021 Note verbale | original of the responses

Video & Audio Clips

8 September 2021 - GEE Yemen press briefing on its fourth report: "A Nation Abandoned" (Video)

3 September 2019: Yemen: collective failure, collective responsibility (Video)

28 August 2018: Yemen: Possible war crime (Video)

28 August 2018: UN experts say parties involved in Yemen conflict may be guilty of war crimes (Audio)

Webcasts:

10 September 2019: Interactive Dialogue at the Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in Yemen

26 September 2018: Interactive Dialogue at the Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in Yemen

28 August 2018: Press Conference on Publication of Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights containing the findings of the Group of Independent Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen

Press Releases

Statement by Group of Experts on Yemen on HRC rejection of resolution to renew their mandate
English | Français
8 October 2021

UN Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen releases its fourth report
العربية | English
8 September 2021

Oral Update of the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen to the 46th session of the Human Rights Council
العربية | English | Français
25 February 2021